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Chapter 11

True or False

True or False
Based on the information in the chapter, determine whether each of these statements is true or false.

This activity contains 12 questions.

	The oldest rocks on Earth's crust tend to be located near the centers of ocean basins.    True  False

	The Earth's lithosphere is comprised of fourteen moderate to large size plates, with numerous smaller pieces and microplates.    True  False

	Marble, a metamorphic rock, is commonly derived from limestone that is exposed to extreme heat and pressure.    True  False

	Plate tectonic processes include the subduction of heavier (more dense) continental crust under lighter (less dense) oceanic crust.    True  False

	The rock granite is strongly associated with the ocean floors and the rocks beneath the continental masses.    True  False

	The Hawaiian islands formed as a result of the sea floor spreading at a divergent plate boundary.    True  False

	The entire mantle represents about 80% of the Earth's total volume.    True  False

	Since Earth has no internal heat source, temperature decreases continually from Earth's crust all the way down to the core.    True  False

	Magma is molten rock beneath the surface, while lava is molten rock which has been extruded onto the surface.    True  False

	Transform plate boundaries can occur where plates slide past each other at right angles to a sea-floor spreading center.    True  False

	Chemical and clastic are terms usually associated with metamorphic rocks.    True  False

	Alfred Wegener's ideas regarding the movement of continents were widely accepted immediately after he published them in 1915.    True  False

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